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The 2026 event was February 27th in the Student Union.
Schedule of Events
- 10:00-11:00am - Podium Presentations
- 11:00am-12:00pm - 3MT Round One
- 12:00-1:00pm - Lunch and Guest Speakers
- 1:00-2:00pm - Poster Presentations
- 2:00-3:00pm - 3MT Final Round
2026 Participants:
Podium Presentations:
- Harris Hamid
- Social Justice Through Data: Analyzing Bias in AI Systems
- Joanne Jung
- Hope or Hurt? Unpacking the Complex Effects of Hope and Ethnic Identity on Ethnic Discrimination
- Luke Miller
- Quantum Weisfeiler-Lehman Methods for Induced Subgraph Isomorphism via Permutation-Free Graph Encodings
- Priti Rath
- FTIR-Machine Learning for Accurate Differentiation of OSCC and Benign Biopsies
- Gracy Rosario
- Immunomodulatory Effect of Phospholipid Nanoparticles for Treatment of Septic Shock
- Colby Stevens
- Hidden Realities: Young Virgil Thomson in Kansas City
- Sara Trompeter
- The Creation of Five Deprivation Indices for the Five Healthy People 2030 Domains
Poster Presentations:
- Mohammed Alhashem
- Zonal Allocation and Sizing of Photovoltaic Powered Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Stations in Large-Scale Distribution Networks
- Ashley Cole
- Computational and Experimental Structure-Function Study of Pyrene and Phenanthrene-based PAHs
- Jenna DeCata
- Multiple Isoforms of CELF Homolog Bru1 are Required for Indirect Flight Muscle Development in Drosophila
- Europa Estabrook
- The Competition Between Basis Set Optimization and Transferability in Local-Orbital Density Functional Theory Calculations
- Joanne Jung
- Hope or Hurt? Unpacking the Complex Effects of Hope and Ethnic Identity on Ethnic Discrimination
- Niharika Kaja
- Directed Energy: Launching of EM Missile Like Signals
- Sunita Khatri
- Large-Scale Machine Learning Simulations of How Wafer Surfaces Evolve Before, During, and After Bonding
- Jessica Moniz
- Parenting While Pursuing Degrees: Identifying Barriers and Employing Strategies to Strengthen Undergraduate Student-Parent Success in Higher Education
- Gracy Rosario
- Immunomodulatory Effect of Phospholipid Nanoparticles for Treatment of Septic Shock
- Barsha Saha
- Integrating Weather Shocks and Environmental Shifts in a Stochastic Eco-Epidemiological Framework of Zoonotic Spillover
- Sara Trompeter
- The Creation of Five Deprivation Indices for the Five Healthy People 2030 Domains
- Alysse Weigand
- ab initio Calculation of the Infrared Complex Dielectric Function
- Alice Delali Amehia
- Emissions Exposure and Cash Taxe Outcomes: Evidence from a Public Company Sample
Three-Minute Thesis:
- Noshaba Bakht
- The Impact of Mathematics Anxiety and Working Memory on the Pedagogical Choices of Secondary School Teachers: A Mixed Methods Inquiry
- Steven Collins
- Shaping Musical Excellence in Students
- Jenna DeCata
- Bad Blueprints: Repairing Myotonic Dystrophy
- Emily Garrett
- Sins of the Father: The Significance of The Incest Narrative Within Literary Medievalism
- Harris Hamid
- Social Justice Through Data: Analyzing Bias in AI Systems
- Joanne Jung
- Hope or Hurt? Exploring the Complex Effects of Hope and Ethnic Identity on Ethnic Discrimination
- Courtenay Kantanka
- Motherwork: A Poetic Examination of Mothering in the 21st Century
- Gittel Levin
- The Biologist's Toolbox: Generating New DNA Tools for Studying Muscle Proteins
- Theodore Raitzer
- Incorporating Central Bank Operations into the Monetary Theory of Distribution
- Ismael Rodriguez
- Relax...You're Here, Stories
- Mary Sauer
- Fiction as an Instrument for Healing Abjection
- Nafisa Tasnim
- Fabrication of Perovskite Solar Cells Using Simple Organic Hole Transport Materials
- Alex Tretbar
- Junco: Carceral Time and the Digital Apparatus of Prison
- Liyah Tucker
- Comparing Self-Report and Objective Physical Activity in Cognitive and QoL Outcomes for High-BMI Women with MS
Competition Winners 2026
- Poster Presentation 1st Place:
- Jenna DeCata
- Poster Presentation 2nd Place:
- Alysse Weigand
- Three-Minute Thesis Round One winners:
- Courtenay Kantanka
- Gittel Levin
- Three-Minute Thesis Finalists:
- Steven Collins
- Jenna DeCata
- Emily Garrett
- Joanne Jung
- Courtenay Kantanka
- Gittel Levin
- Nafisa Tasnim
- Alex Tretbar
- Three-Minute Thesis Final Round People's Choice Award:
- Steven Collins
- Three-Minute Thesis Final Round Runner Up:
- Joanne Jung
- Three-Minute Thesis Final Round Winner - advanced to regional MAGS competition:
- Steven Collins